Funding & Tuition

Endowed Fellowship Recipients 2017-18

Alexander & Lydia Anderson Fellowship

Preference given to students who have completed either a bachelor's or a master's degree at the University of Minnesota and who are currently pursuing a graduate degree in the plant or animal sciences. Alexander Anderson worked his way through the University of Minnesota studying mechanical drawing and chemistry. He graduated in 1894 and later completed an M.S. at the University. After receiving a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Munich, he served as an assistant professor of botany at the University of Minnesota (1899). In subsequent years he taught at Clemson and Columbia Universities. The inventor of the process for puffed wheat and puffed rice, Anderson spent most of his life on research to improve the process.

Amanda GortonEcology, Evolution, and BehaviorExamining the genomic basis of local adaptation in common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)Advisors: David Moeller and Peter Tiffin

Charles J. Brand Fellowship

For graduate students doing study/research in the botanical sciences.

John BenningPlant Biological SciencesBiotic interactions and the geographic range limit of Clarkia xantianaAdvisor: David Moeller

Carolyn M. Crosby Fellowship

To support students engaged in field-based botanical investigation. Carolyn Crosby earned a master's degree in botany in the early 1900s. The fund was established by her brother, John Crosby, and other relatives.

David CarterNatural Resources Science and ManagementIdentifying physiological and growth-allocation strategies of Scotch broom enabling its dominance in recently clear-cut Douglas-fir forests of the western Pacific NorthwestAdvisors: Rob Slesak and Anthony D’Amato

Caroline DawsEcology, Evolution, and BehaviorDo nutrient and water availability affect the outcome of priority effects between ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular fungal partners in Populus?Advisor: Peter Kennedy

Stanwood Johnston Fellowship

To support graduate students of promise in the fields of biochemistry, chemistry, geology, geophysics, microbiology, and physics. The memorial fund was established by the will of Juliet Johnston in honor of her son Stanwood, who died while studying at the University of Chicago. Juliet Johnston was the widow of John Black Johnston, former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Minnesota. Before assuming the deanship, he had a noteworthy career as an M.D. and neurologist in the Department of Anatomy.

Eva O. Miller Fellowship

To support doctoral students in the broad areas of psychology or statistics and measurement who are engaged in research. Eva O. Miller was the wife of W. S. Miller, a faculty member in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota from 1916 to 1948. During two periods, 1937-40 and 1943, he served as acting dean of the Graduate School. He was best known for his outstanding research on the measurement of high-level ability, including the authorship of the Miller Analogies Test. The funding for the fellowship comes from royalty income from the Miller Analogies Test.

Victoria OleynickPsychologyAn Investigation of Handedness and Cerebral Lateralization in a Large Sample of Monozygotic TwinsAdvisor: William Iacono